Accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday paid a groundbreaking visit to the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported. The Times called Pompeo’s visit to the historic landmark “significant,” as it “could be seen as tacit...

In a major policy shift, U.S. President Trump announced in a tweet Thursday that the United States will recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the BBC reported. “After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical...

Freshman Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) apologized to Jewish constituents at a town hall meeting on Tuesday night for anti-Semitic comments made by fellow Democrat Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) that drew bipartisan backlash, Jewish Insider reported. “As a young congressman, I’ve got to tell you I’m sorry,” Rose told the crowd gathered by the Council...

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt defended on Thursday his country’s decision to ban the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah in its entirety, calling the distinction between the group’s political and military wing an “illusion.” “The British Government will not entertain the illusion that Hizballah can be cleanly divided into political and...

The British and Danish governments announced Thursday that they will oppose every United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) measure on alleged Israeli violation of Palestinian human rights in the West Bank and Gaza under discriminatory Agenda Item 7. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in an op-ed published in the Jewish Chronicle that, “Two years...

Branches of Israel’s United Hatzalah unique localized volunteer emergency response network already operate in countries including Panama, Ukraine and the United States. Now, the grassroots United Rescue Colombia (URC) in South America, modeled after the Israeli initiative, is becoming an official United Hatzalah (UH) branch. Ambulance response time is too long in...

The report by a Commission of Inquiry (COI) appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate Israel’s handling of the violent Hamas-orchestrated riots, beginning March 30 of last year, is marked by “flight from consistency and common sense,” two legal scholars argued in a paper published Monday...

Two lawmakers – Reps. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) and Randy Weber (R-Texas) – have introduced a bipartisan bill in Congress to further development in the areas of agriculture, water resources, and energy-storage between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Israel in developing countries, JNS reported Tuesday. “For decades,...

The British Labour Party faced fresh accusations of anti-Semitism on Wednesday amid reports that leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Britain of “conceding to Zionist forces” in allowing the creation of the State of Israel. Corbyn allegedly made the comments in a 2011 pamphlet, written by Labour MPs Sir Gerald Kaufman and...

A veteran British lawmaker has blasted the Palestinian Authority (PA) in an op-ed published in The Times of Israel on Wednesday for teaching a curriculum in internationally funded, PA-operated schools “which incites hatred, glorifies violence and promotes terror.” Dame Louise Ellman, a Labour MP and vice-chair of the Labour Friends...